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  It's a Wonderful Word It's a Wonderful Word

  Albert Jack 

  Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocadoes? In "It's a Wonderful Word", bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the...

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  I Never Knew There Was a Word... I Never Knew There Was a Word for it

  Adam J. de Boinod 

  From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that will improve absolutely everybody's quality of life. All they need is this book! This...

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  The Unschooled Mind The Unschooled Mind

  Howard Gardner 

  Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner shows how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools. This reissue includes a new introduction by the author.

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  The Story of English The Story of English

  Philip Gooden 

  Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower, and is now sometimes described as the...

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  The Biology of Belief The Biology of Belief

  Bruce Lipton 

  Through the research of Dr Lipton and other leading-edge scientists, stunning new discoveries have been made about the interaction between your mind and body and the processes by which cells receive information. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology, that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic...

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  The Wisdom of Bees The Wisdom of Bees

  Michael O´Malley 

  'It seemed to me that the bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large, diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? Perhaps we could take what the bees do so well and apply it to our institutions'. When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby to share...

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  Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

  David Bellos 

  How do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This book shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and makes us who we are.

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  The Unfolding of Language The Unfolding of Language

  Guy Deutscher 

  'Language is mankind's greatest invention - except of course, that it was never invented.' So begins Guy Deutscher's fascinating investigation into the evolution of language. No one believes that the Roman Senate sat down one day to design the complex system that is Latin grammar, and few believe, these days, in the literal truth of the story of the Tower...

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  Spilling the Beans on the... Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

  Judy Parkinson 

  How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? Why is good health compared to a small stringed instrument? ('As fit as a fiddle.') And what do pickles have to do with quandaries? Let's not beat about the bush: despite the fact that we have all used these phrases at one time or another, and even enjoyed expressing them, they are in truth -...

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  The Stuff of Thought The Stuff of Thought

  Steven Pinker 

  In "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature", Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe...

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  Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe

  Tanith Carey 

  'Dear Ta-ra-ra, It surprises us to find that a girl sufficiently educated to write and spell well should be so deplorably ignorant of the common rules of society to think that she may go out alone with a young man in his canoe' - "Girl's Own Paper", 1895. "Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe" is a fascinating glimpse into our social past and harks back to a time...

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  The Story of English in 100... The Story of English in 100 Words

  David Crystal 

  Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. In this...

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  I Never Knew That About... I Never Knew That About Britain: The Quiz Book

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author and quiz master Christopher Winn is here to test your general knowledge of Britain with over 1000 quiz questions to perplex and puzzle about our glorious islands. Covering a myriad of subjects including history, cathedrals, sports, records, modern Britain, royalty, people, places, deeds, discoveries and disasters, there is something to...

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  It's Not Me, it's You:... It's Not Me, it's You: Impossible Perfectionist...

  Jon Richardson 

  'I loved Jon's book. It's even better than the real thing because you can't hear his voice.' Michael McIntyre A control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). 'I haven't woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such a small thing but it's one of a thousand things I miss about having...

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  Quiz Night Quiz Night

  Chris Bradshaw 

  Dust off your thinking cap, because it's about to get quizzical!* Over 4000 questions* 200 quizzes sorted into easy, medium and difficult* All topics covered, from pop stars to Death Stars* Easy-to-find answers, so anyone can be the quizmaster Quiz me quick! Q: What's inside this book? A: More than 200 brand new quizzes covering everything from pop...

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  Sorry!: The English and Their... Sorry!: The English and Their Manners

  Henry Hitchings 

  Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when we see them. But where has this patchwork of beliefs and behaviours come from? How did manners develop? How do they change? And why do they matter so much to us? In examining our manners, Henry...

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